Railway-toilet.



H. 0. JOHNSON & J. H. NICHOLSON.

RAILWAY TOILET. I APPLIGATION FILED IEB.12 1912.

1,080,782. v Patented June 25, 1912.

COLUMBIA PLANODRAFH c0.. WASHINGTON. u. c.

TlNTTED ESTATE@ PATENT UFFTGE.

HANS O. JOHNSON AND JAMES H. NICHOLSON, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

RAILWAY-TOILET.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that we, HANs O. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,and JAMES H. NIoHoLsoN, a subject to Great Britain, both residing atSacramento, in the county of Sacramento, State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Toilets; and wedo declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this application.

This invention relates to improvements in railway equipment andparticularly to Pull man cars and day coaches equipped with toilets, theobject of the invention being to produce a means whereby the outlet fromthe commode of said toilets may be closed when the train is in astation, which closure may be readily opened when the train pulls out ofthe station such opening means being operated in such a manner as tocause the deposits in said closure to be effectually emptied from saidclosure.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensivedevice and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposesfor which it is designed.

These objects we accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of the toilet of a Pullman car showing ourimproved structure installed therein. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of theoutlet and the commode of the toilet showing our improved closureconnected therewith. Fig. 3 is a side elevation Of an operating lever.Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a slotted guide. Fig. 5 is a fragmentaryview of the operating lever. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on a lineXX of Fig. 3.

Referring now more particularly to the characters of reference on thedrawings, 1 designates a Pullman car and 2 the toilet therein providedwith the usual commode 3 having an outlet 4 and a flexible rubber sleeve5 which is clamped in position by Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 12, 1912.

Patented J line 25, 1212.

Serial No. 677,182.

means of a clamping ring 6. Suspended on the sleeve 5 is a collar 7surrounding the outlet member 4 such collar being provided with an innerrecess 8 in which is disposed a rubber washer 9. On a bracket 10 securedunderneath the car 1 is a shaft 11 carrying a gear wheel 12. An arm 13has an elbow 14 secured to said shaft 11, such arm 12 carrying on itsfree end a bowl 15 adapted to fit over the outlet 4 and impinge againstthe washer 9 to make a tight joint.

The numeral 16 designates a bracket underneath the car 1 in which isjournaled a shaft 17 carrying a geared quadrant 18 which engages thegear 12. O11 the outer end of the shaft 17 is a crank 19 connected by alink 20 with a bell crank 21 having an upwardly projecting connected rod22 having a slot 23 in its upper end and a recess 24 opening from saidslot 23.

Thenumeral 25 designates a lever having a projecting arm 26 providedwith a pin 27 slidably mounted in the slot 23 and being capable ofengagement with the recess 24 there being a spring 28 secured to themember 26 and bearing against the side of the slot 23 by means of a bentportion 29. The lever 25 is movable over a quadrant 30 having two fixednotches 31 and 32 adapted to be engaged by a lug 33 on a spring pressedpin 34 movable through the top of the sleeve 25 as shown in Figs. 3 and7.

The numeral 35 designates a spring con nected with the upper end of thequadrant 18 and fixed to an independent bracket 36 underneath the car 1.

The numeral 37 designates a stop member having an inner padding 38 toreceive the bottom of the bowl 1.5 when the thereinafter describedoperation takes place.

In practice when a station is reached and it is desired to close theoutlet 4 the lever 25 is moved to engage the lug 33 with the notch 31.In this position the pin 27 is in the recess 24 and then when the lever35 is pulled to that position in which the lug 33 is in the notch 32 itpulls the lever 22, the bell crank 21, link 20 and the lever 19 to turnthe quadrant 18. This operation turns the gear wheel 12 and carries theelbow 14 and bar 13 to carry the bowl 15 to close over the outlet 4 asshown in Figs. 1 and 2. This then permits the toilet to be used whilethe train is in a station without the necessity of locking the toiletdoors as is the case at the present time. Then after the train pulls outof the station any member of the train crewmay press a finger member 39on the top of the lever 22 which disengages the pin 27 from the recess24 and the spring 35 then pulls all the parts in the reverse directionwhich throws the bowl 15 back into the stop member 37 and against thepadding 38 and the impact of this throws the deposit from said bowl 15upon the ground. Then when the bowl 15 is to be closed again the aboveoperation as described is then repeated. The member 20 may be a link asshown, or may be a chain or cable or in fact any mechanical expedientdesired.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that we haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfils the objects of theinvention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferredconstruction of the device, still in practice such deviations from suchdetail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A device of the characterdescribed comprising the combination with a railway toilet having anoutlet, of a fiexible'sleeve secured around the lower end of saidoutlet, a weighted collar on the lower end of said sleeve, a washer insaid collar, a bowl adapted to fit over the lower end of said outlet andengage said washer and means for moving said bowl away from or towardsaid outlet, as described.

2. A device of the character described comprising the combination with arailway toilet having an outlet, of a bowl adapted to fit over saidoutlet, an arm on said bowl, a shaft fixed independently of said bowland being connected with said arm, a gear wheel on said shaft, anothershaft fixed independently of said first named shaft, a geared quadrantmounted on said second named shaft and engaging said gear wheel, aresilient means connected between said quad rant and a point independentof said quadrant and a lever mechanism connected with said second namedshaft to move said quadrant, as described.

3. A device of the character described comprising the combination with arailway toilet having an outlet, of a bowl adapted to fit over saidoutlet, an arm on said bowl, a shaft fixed independently of said bowland being connected with said arm, a gear wheel on said shaft, anothershaft fixed independently of said first named shaft, .a geared quadrantmounted on said second named shaft and engaging said gear wheel, aresilient means connected between said quadrant and a point independentof said quadrant, a lever mechanism connected with said second namedshaft to move said quadrant, such lever mechanism comprising a crank onsaid shaft, a bell crank fixed independ ently of said lever, a linkconnecting said bell crank and said crank, a rod on said bell crank,said rod being provided with a slot in its upper end and a recessopening into said slot, a lever fixed independ ently of said rod, aspring pressed arm on said lever, such arm being provided with a pinmovable in said slot and adapted to fit into said recess, as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HANS O. JOHNSON. JAMES H. NICHOLSON. lNitnesses JOSHUA R. VEBSTER, PERCYS. WEBSTER.

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